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PRESORTED STANDARD Inside this Sota Sota Per Copy U.S. POSTAGE SWO Veterans to hold flag ceremonies on Memorial Day PAID SWO Child Care Services Public Hearing June 3rd WILMOT, SD PERMIT NO. 1 SWO ET/Demo Program Public Hearing June 3rd Postmaster: Change service requested Enemy Swim Day School students say goodbye to Superintendent Dr. Sherry Johnson! Sota Iya Ye Yapi, P.O. Box 5, Wilmot, SD 57279 ¢ Introduction: New Wambdi football coach Blair Elliott Contents – Time-Dated News/Do Not Delay Craft fairs held on the Reservation; It must be spring! Mailed at Wilmot, SD, Monday, May 20, 2013 Social “helper” column dedicated to young generation Oyate – Wawokiyape Coming next week: Highlights from Oyate graduation ceremonies 75 Sota deadline: 12:00 noon on Fridays Publication of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe of the Lake Traverse Reservation since 1968 Vol. 44 May - Wojupi Wi - “Moon of PLanting” - Iyamni, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 No. 21 On Federal Memorial Day holiday, Monday, May 27th – SWO UVA to hold flag ceremonies at Lake Traverse Reservation cemeteries, churches and homes Dr. Sherry Johnson, Superintendent at Enemy Swim Day School, has announced Continuing the tradition of plans to leave her position to pursue other opportunities and challenges. And yes, they honoring their fallen fellow service remain in her chosen field of educating our young ones! members, veterans from the Sisseton- These second graders held a going-away part for their beloved teacher and school Wahpeton Oyate United Veterans administrator last week. Association (UVA) – Dessert Storm and Woodrow W. Keeble American Legion Post 314 honor guards – will travel to cemeteries, churches and homes across the Lake Traverse Reservation on the federal Memorial Day holiday, Monday, May 27th. Here is the schedule, with estimated times and some may be early or late depending upon weather conditions and other factors: 1. LaBelle’s Cemetery 8:00 a.m. 2. St. Luke’s Cemetery 8:25 a.m. 12. Lake Traverse Church 12:30 p.m. 3. St. Matthew’s Cemetery 8:40 a.m. 13. St. John’s Church 12:50 p.m. 4. St. Matthew’s Church 8:55 a.m. 14. Morgan Redday Home 1:20 “Talk. They Hear You.” 5. Mayasan Church 9:15 a.m. p.m. a new national public service 6. SWO Traditional Cemetery 9:30 15. Goodwill Church 1:45 p.m. announcement (PSA) campaign that a.m. 16. St. Mary’s Church 2:00 p.m. empowers parents to talk to children As a coach, I have worked 7. Long Hollow Church 10:00 a.m. 17. Renville Cemetery 2:15 p.m. as young as nine years old about the on the UMM football team as the 8. Rollin Ryan House 10:20 a.m. 18. Emmett Roberts Cemetery 2:45 dangers of underage drinking was linebacker coach, and here at Tiospa 9. Buffalo Lake Church 10:50 a.m. p.m. launched today by the Substance Zina as the defensive coordinator. 10. Gill’s Cemetery 11:15 a.m. 19. St. James Church 3:10 p.m. Abuse and Mental Health Services My name is Blair Elliott and Since the end of last season, I have 11. Sisseton Circle 12:00 noon 20. Big Coulee Church 4:00 p.m. Administration (SAMHSA). The I would like to introduce myself worked to help bring several changes kickoff occurred in conjunction as the new head football coach for to the football program, including Continuing the honoring, on traditional with SAMHSA’s 2013 National Tiospa Zina. I wanted to take this running the school’s weight room, Memorial Day May 30th – Prevention Week—an annual health opportunity to first thank the School helping to push us to eleven man observance dedicated to increasing Board for the opportunity to lead football, and working on funding to SWO Dakota Kit Fox Society awareness of, and action around, this team. I would also like to give a improve our weight room. These are Vietnam Veterans substance abuse and mental health little background information about all steps that are necessary if we want issues. myself as a player and coach, as well to see our performance improve. Memorial Day observance SAMHSA’s latest report on as a general idea of where I’d like to I want to help develop a strong We will once again in an honorable and humble tradition, be honoring underage drinking shows that take our program. The football team football program here at Tiospa our fellow veterans and Dakota warriors on the traditional Memorial Day of more than a quarter of American has already been making several Zina. Obviously, my primary goal May 30th (Thursday), 2013. p.m. youth engage in underage drinking. changes in preparation for next is to win. However, there is much football knowledge. My plans are 1. LaBelle’s Cemetery 8:00 a.m. 13. Morgan Redday home 1:30 p.m. Although there has been progress season, and I am very excited to see more behind that goal. We have to introduce simple rules that can 2. St. Luke’s Cemetery 8:15 a.m. 14. Goodwill Church 2:00 p.m. in reducing the extent of underage what we can accomplish. been given the opportunity to reset be used to create more sophisticated 3. St. Matthew’s Cemetery 8:30 a.m. 15. St. Mary’s Church 2:15 p.m. drinking in recent years, particularly As a player, I have had and build towards something new. schemes both offensively and 4. St. Matthew’s Church 9:00 a.m. 16. Renville Cemetery 2:30 p.m. among those aged 17 and younger, experience being on championship My initial goals include getting defensively. These and many more 5. Mayasan Church 9:30 a.m. 17. St. James Church 3:00 p.m. the rates of underage drinking are teams at both the high school level our athletes to realize that they changes will be coming for our 6. Sieche Hollow Cemetery 9:45 18. Emmett Roberts home 3:30 p.m. still unacceptably high. and college levels. I received many need to work year round in order football program for next season. a.m. 19. Moses Gill Cemetery 4:00 p.m. “Talk. They Hear You.” raises individual awards as well, including to be successful, and what it truly We have a great opportunity for 7. Long Hollow Church 10:15 a.m. 20. Big Coulee Church 4:30 p.m. parents’ awareness about these issues Most Improved, All Conference, means to represent Tiospa Zina. our football team, but if we want 8. Rollin Ryan Home 10:45 a.m. 21. Lake Traverse Church 5:00 p.m. and arms them with information Academic All Conference, Team I will continue to run the weight it to be successful, we need to put 9. Buffalo Lake Church 11:15 a.m. 22. St. John’s Church 5:15 p.m. they need to help them start a Captain, and others. I was also room throughout the summer, and in the work for what remains of 10. Max/Gill Family Cemetery 11:30 These are estimated times and conversation about alcohol with involved with the program off of the much of our success next year will the off season. We look forward to a.m. some may be early or late depending field, running captain’s practices, be determined by how hard our seeing you all in our first eleven man 11. Oyate Traditional Cemetery on climatic conditions and other Anti-Alcohol campaign work outs, and being heavily athletes work to come in and lift. football game, August 30th, at Crow 12:00 p.m. factors. Continued on Page 4 involved in the recruiting process. We also need to increase our players’ Creek. 12. Sisseton Veterans Circle 1:00 TZTS Superintendent Dr. Nadine Eastman speaking to the 2013 graduates. SWO Tribal Secretary Robin Quinn at the podium addressing 2013 Tiospa Zina Tribal School seniors pictured at the May 17th commencement ceremony. (Sota photos by Shay DuMarce. More pictures next week.) the TZTS graduating class. Page 2 “Wo’okiye was’te qa wico zani o’wacin yuhapo” Sota Iya Ye Yapi - www.earthskyweb.com/sota.html - Anpetu Iyamni, May 22, 2013 Our report analyzes over 900 State Department diplomatic cables from 2005 to 2009 and reveals how far the US government will go to help serve the seed industry’s agenda abroad, knowing that resistance to GMOs worldwide is high. Here are some of the tidbits gleaned from our comprehensive look at the cables: •Between 2007 and 2009, annual cables were distributed to “encourage the use of agricultural biotechnology”, directing US embassies to “pursue an active biotech agenda”. •There was a comprehensive communications campaign aimed to “promote understanding and acceptance of the technology” and “develop support for US government trade and development policy positions on biotech” in light of the worldwide backlash against GM crops. •Where backlash was high, some embassies downplayed efforts. In Uruguay, the embassy has been “extremely Sota guest editorial – cautious to keep [its] fingerprints off conferences” promoting biotechnology. In Peru and Romania, the US government helped create new pro-biotech nongovernmental organizations. Guatemala Genocide Conviction and •The State Department urged embassies to generate positive media coverage about GE crops. Diplomatic posts also bypassed the media and took the message directly to the public; for example, the Hong Kong consulate sent a more just vision for American Continent DVDs of a pro-biotech presentation to every high school. By Roberto Cintli Rodriguez •The State Department worked to diminish trade barriers to the benefit of seed companies, and encouraged the Truthout.org – May 16, 2013 – One of Guatemala’s most brutal dictators has been found guilty of genocide embassies to “publicize the benefits of agbiotech as a development tool”.